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    [Noun]  | "de*moc*ra*cy" | \ di-ˈmä-krə-sē \


    1: government by the people : rule of the majority : such as

    2: a form of government in which the people elect representatives to make decisions, policies, laws, etc. according to law —called also representative democracy

    3: a form of government in which the people vote directly against or in favor of decisions, policies, laws, etc. —called also direct democracy, pure democracy

    Origin: 15th century ;

     Borrowed from Middle French democracie, democratie, borrowed from Late Latin dēmocratia, borrowed from Greek dēmokratía, from dēmo- {see: |demo-|demo-} + -kratia {see: |-cracy|-cracy};

    [Noun]  | "direct democracy" 


    1: democracy in which the power is exercised directly by the people rather than through representatives : a form of government in which the people vote directly against or in favor of decisions, policies, laws, etc.; also : a country, state, or territory whose form of government is direct democracy

    Origin: 1629 ;

    [Noun]  | "pure democracy" 


    1: direct democracy

    Origin: 1656 ;

    [Noun]  | "representative democracy" 


    1: democracy in which the power is exercised by the people through their elected representatives : a form of government in which the people elect representatives to make decisions, policies, laws, etc.; also : a country, state, or territory whose form of government is representative democracy

    Origin: 1788 ;

    [Noun]  | "social democracy" 


    1: a democratic welfare state that incorporates both capitalist and socialist practices

    Origin: 1942 ;

    [Noun]  | "Tory Democracy" 


    1: a political philosophy advocating preservation of established institutions and traditional principles combined with political democracy and a social and economic program designed to benefit the common man

    Origin: 1867 ;

    [Noun]  | "democracy" 


    1: government in which the supreme power is held by the people and used by them directly or indirectly through representation;


      * e.g., " ... under our democracy the people have some control over their lives by being able to select their own political leaders "



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    [Noun]  | "pure democracy" 


    1: as in democracy, autonomy;



     [ "democracy" ]

    1: "The worst system, except for all the others"

      * e.g.,  ... Winston Churchill 

     [ "democracy" ]

    1: Four wolves and one lamb voting on lunch.

      * e.g.,  ... Democracy is unfair at times. 

     [ "democracy" ]

    1: n. - a government in which the people elect their dictators.

      * e.g.,  ... In this democracy, we must make petitions to stop our politicians from inacting crazy laws. 

     [ "democracy" ]

    1: A form of government where the leader is chosen by popularity rather than ability to run a country.

      * e.g.,  ... "I've said it before and I'll say it again; democracy simply doesn't work." 

     [ "democracy" ]

    1: 1) When kleptocrats brainwash the dumbest 51% of a population into believing that they're making their own choices. 2) When the United States brainwashes or pays a violent mob(s) in another country to topple a democratically elected government and murder everyone who could be an obstacle to US policy. 3) Fascism. 4) When 3 or more scientists enter a room and force all of the religious people to leave so they can have a serious discussion.

      * e.g.,  ... Nazi Germany was a democracy. 

     [ "democracy" ]

    1: Tyranny by morons.

      * e.g.,  ... Moron: I love democracy! 

     [ "democracy" ]

    1: A form of government that works, but not well.

      * e.g.,  ... Democracy relies on the public. The public is stupid. 

     [ "democracy" ]

    1: A tyranny of the Majority over the Minority. The opposite of true liberty.

      * e.g.,  ... Democracy is 51% of the people voting to oppress the other 49%. 

     [ "democracy" ]

    1: A form of government which America has never been in. In a democracy we would vote and popular vote would decide our president.

      * e.g.,  ... America is not a democracy you dumb fucks, it's a Republic. 

     [ "democracy" ]

    2: In our form of governemnt, a republic, we elect representatives which then get to vote with "our interests at heart".,

     [ "democracy" ]

    1: Somthing one country does to another when it wants something.

      * e.g.,  ... America needed some stable oil reserves so it brought democracy to Iraq. 

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